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After hours of delays and a failed defense motion for a new trial, former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was sentenced to 263 in prison for raping and sodomizing 13 Black women while on duty.

Holtzclaw was convicted back in December on 18 of the 36 counts, which ranged from indecent exposure and forcible sodomy to rape. He was ultimately convicted on first degree rape, second degree rape, sexual battery, procuring lewd exhibition, and forcible oral sodomy. At the time of his conviction, the jury recommended the former cop be sentenced to 263 years in prison, which Judge Timothy Henderson upheld today.

During the hearing, three victims had a chance to address Holtzclaw, who sat emotionless throughout the sentencing.